Ubunto 11.10 vmware tools shared folders vmhgfs module does not install

[Aquila33]

Hi,

I have installed a Ubunto 11.10 in VMPlayer 3.1.3. The VMPlayer runs on Vista.

When I install the vmtools the shared folders vmhgfs module does not install.

I run the vmware tools install with sudo ./vmware-install.pl successfully

But during the configuration, the configuration of the vmhgfs module, which is for the using of the vmware shared folder, is aborted.

Maybe there is something not installed in the ubunto 11.10 or missing.

I am a novice in Ubunto/Linux, so its hard for me to search the error.

Please assist.

From the terminal session

*******************************************************************

The installation of VMware Tools 8.4.5 build-324285 for Linux completed

successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any

time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl".

Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you need to configure it by

invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want

this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]

Initializing...

Making sure services for VMware Tools are stopped.

The module vmmemctl has already been installed on this system by another

installer or package and will not be modified by this installer.  Use the flag

--clobber-kernel-modules=vmmemctl to override.

Before you can compile modules, you need to have the following installed...

make

gcc

kernel headers of the running kernel

Searching for GCC...

Detected GCC binary at "/usr/bin/gcc".

The path "/usr/bin/gcc" appears to be a valid path to the gcc binary.

Would you like to change it? [no]

Searching for a valid kernel header path...

Detected the kernel headers of the running kernel at

"/lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/build/include".

The path "/lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/build/include" appears to be a valid

path to the kernel headers of the running kernel.

Would you like to change it? [no]

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only'

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

MODULEBUILDDIR= modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic'

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/backdoor.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/backdoorGcc32.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/bdhandler.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/cpName.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/cpNameLinux.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/cpNameLite.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/dentry.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/dir.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/file.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/filesystem.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/fsutil.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/hgfsBd.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/hgfsEscape.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/inode.o

/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:159:4: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type

/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:173:4: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type

/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/inode.c: In function ‘HgfsPermission’:

/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1867:10: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘atomic_read’ from incompatible pointer type

/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:23:19: note: expected ‘const struct atomic_t *’ but argument is of type ‘unsigned int *’

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/kernelStubsLinux.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/link.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/message.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/messageBackdoor.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/module.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/page.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/request.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/rpcout.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/stubs.o

CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/super.o

/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/super.c:73:4: error: unknown field ‘clear_inode’ specified in initializer

make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/super.o] Error 1

make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic'

make: *** [vmhgfs.ko] Error 2

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only'

The filesystem driver (vmhgfs module) is used only for the shared folder

feature. The rest of the software provided by VMware Tools is designed to work

independently of this feature.

If you wish to have the shared folders feature, you can install the driver by

running vmware-config-tools.pl again after making sure that gcc, binutils, make

and the kernel sources for your running kernel are installed on your machine.

These packages are available on your distribution's installation CD.

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